Joseph Johnson, 29, has been charged with the first-degree murder of Joselynn Diaz-Garcia, 36 and Gianni Reyes, 4, who were killed on Sunday in Joliet.

A judge ruled a man charged with his wife’s 1988 murder in Will County cannot be released on an old cash bond and instead must face potential detention in jail under the SAFE-T Act.

A Wilmington man will consider an offer from prosecutors in a case where he’s charged with a 2024 Scott’s Law crash that caused Illinois State Trooper Clay Carns’ death.

A Bolingbrook man accused of bringing a gun to the Will County Courthouse is facing a charges from last year of unlawful possession of a gun by felon.

For the second time this month, Will County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man and woman from Bourbonnais in regards to the closed Balmoral Park horseracing facility.

Joselynn Diaz-Garcia, of Joliet, and 4-year-old Gianni Reyes, who is believed to be her child, were pronounced dead at 1:55 p.m. on Sunday in the 700 block of Garnsey Avenue in Joliet.

Joliet police said they have in custody a man believed to be the shooter of the two victims. No charges had been filed as of late Sunday afternoon.

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Joliet police investigated the shooting deaths of a 36-year-old woman and a 4-year-old boy inside a Joliet home on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.

A Joliet man was able to secure his release from jail in four of six felony cases because a Will County judge would lower the cash bond amounts, court records show.